Originally posted by Mekode
Can a car overheat if the speedometer or temp. gauge needle is broken? I broke my needle and my car overheated, is this just a coincidence or it overheat when the needle mess up?. any feed back would help thanx
If I am understanding what you are saying, no, the car wil not overheat simply because you broke the needle, but it is still possible for it to overheat for other unrelated reasons. What were you doing to break the needle, anyway?
WhiteRice is right, but you may have also warped the cylinder head... the only way to fix that is by machining it flat again or straight-out replacing it.